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National Library Week, April 10 to 16, is an opportunity to reflect upon our own good fortune here at Metro, where the agency’s library boasts one of the most comprehensive collections of transportation research, digital and otherwise, in the United States. In celebration of these centers of learning and the [continue reading]

Metro CEO Art Leahy, in Washington for a transit conference, reported growing support for the 30/10 Initiative, also known as “America Fast Forward.” This time the endorsement comes from the American Public Transportation Assn., a Washington-based nonprofit which represents transit agencies (including Metro) and private firms involved in building and [continue reading]

The 4th Annual Steel Wheels conference will roll into town on Saturday, March 19. The day-long conference, to be held at Metro HQ, is presented by the Rail Passenger Association of California (RailPAC) and the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), two advocacy groups with a passion for passenger rail [continue reading]

One million hits can’t be wrong. The Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library’s Flickr photostream can take you anywhere you want to go visually in the transportation history of the Los Angeles region. With no bells and whistles, the one-millionth hit on the photostream crept past the counter this morning at [continue reading]

Metro Board Chairman Don Knabe has issued a statement in reaction to Texas Transportation Institute’s 2010 Urban Mobility Report on traffic congestion. The Texas Transportation Institute’s congestion report released this morning serves as a warning bell for the region that we must continue our efforts to improve mobility options as [continue reading]

Caltrans kicks off the first of four “scoping” meetings Monday to gather public and agency input that will eventually shape the environmental scope of plans to seek funding for much-needed improvements to the 222-mile Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN North) rail corridor. The meeting will be held at [continue reading]

Recently returned from meetings with Beijing transportation officials concerned about a wildly expanding traffic knot in this populous city, Metro’s Deputy CEO Paul Taylor discussed the global implications of traffic management on KCRW’s design and architecture show hosted by design editor Frances Anderton. Listen in online at kcrw.org. Taylor returned from [continue reading]

The Metro Library is among some 70 exhibitors on tap for the 5th Annual LA as Subject Archives Bazaar this Saturday at the Doheny Memorial Library on the USC campus in downtown Los Angeles. Never mind that it’s free and transit-accessible. Those of you with a compelling interest in all things [continue reading]

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has just announced a major step forward in funding the 30/10 initiative with the announcement of a federal TIFIA TIGER II loan of $546 million for the Crenshaw / LAX Transit Corridor project. The loan would be paid back using Measure R funds. More details [continue reading]